Amblyscirtes nereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Moncina
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Species: Amblyscirtes nereus

Name

Amblyscirtes nereus (Edwards, 1876)

Type locality: USA, Arizona, South Apache.

Typus: HT ♀ CMNH, designated by Brown & Miller, 1976; images.

Synonymy

• Pamphila nereus Edw; Mead, 1875: 794. (nom. nud.)
• Hesperia nereus Edwards, 1876: 207.
• Stomyles nereus (Edwards); Draudt, 1917: 943, Pl.183b,c
• Amblyscirtes nereus (Edwards); Evans, 1955: 390; Bridges, 1994: VIII.153, IX.3; Lamas, 2004: 61.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1876. Description of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the United States and British North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 5(3/4): 202-208. BHL Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Freeman, H.A., 1973. A Review of the Amblyscirtes with the Description of a New Species from Mexico (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27(1): 40-57, 3 f. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Mead, T.L., 1875. Report upon the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made in Portions of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Report upon Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian. Vol. 5(8): 739-791, pls 35-40. text, plates. Reference page. 

Photos

• Listing of Mexican Butterflies [1]; Butterflies of America

Vernacular names

English: Slaty Roadside-Skipper